KOREAN-AMERICAN PARENTING AND ADOLESCENT ADAPTATION

本横断面调查设计研究旨在探讨100个韩国/韩裔美国人（K/KA）家庭中11-14岁青少年的父母文化适应模式、亲子关系与心理功能之间的关系。年轻的K/KA青少年面临着心理功能不理想的风险，因为在这个关键的发展过渡时期，他们必须跨越两套根本不同的文化规范。改善青少年的心理功能是很重要的，因为在美国社会，许多与社会相关的行为开始于较早的年龄。使用McCubbin等人。本研究以少数民族家庭弹性模型为理论框架，假设父母和青少年在亲子关系中感知到的父母接纳对青少年心理功能有正向影响。第二个假设是，父母的文化适应模式将在这种关系中起调节作用。使用可靠和有效的工具进行自我报告数据，这些数据将从K/KA父母和生活在美国中西部地区的年轻青少年中获得。描述性统计、相关分析和分层回归将用于数据分析。研究结果可能会增强我们对护士和其他与K/KA人群打交道的卫生专业人员所采用的干预措施的潜在目标的了解。

The purpose of this cross sectional survey design study is to determine the relationship between parental acculturation mode, the parent-child relationship and psychological functioning of young adolescents ages 11-14 in 100 Korean/Korean American (K/KA) families. Young K/KA adolescents are at risk for less than optimal psychological functioning because they must bridge two fundamentally different sets of cultural norms at this time of critical developmental transition. Improving psychological functioning of young adolescents is important because many socially related behaviors are starting at earlier ages in U.S. society. Using McCubbin et al. Resiliency Model for ethnic minority families as the theoretical framework, it is hypothesized that both parents' and adolescents' perceived parental acceptance in the parent-child relationship will be positively related to young adolescents' psychological functioning. A second hypothesis is that parental acculturation mode will act as a moderator in this relationship. Self-report data using reliable and valid instruments previously tested for use in the K/KA population will be obtained from both K/KA parents and young adolescents living in the Midwest area of the U.S. Descriptive statistics, correlational analyses and hierarchical regression will be used for data analysis. Findings may enhance our knowledge of potential targets for interventions to be employed by nurses and other health professionals working with K/KA populations.